The first indigenous transgender candidate to run for parliament in Peru says it's time to end the culture of machismo in the South
American country.
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"I suffered, in my own flesh, the consequences of inequality, discrimination, violence and corruption," Gahela Cari, 27, said in an interview with AFP before Sunday's nationwide parliamentary ballot.
"I'm an animal-rights advocate, an ecologist and a student leader," Cari told AFP.